--- title: Preventive Care description: This field focuses on proactive healthcare measures taken to prevent illnesses and detect diseases early. Learners will understand the importance of routine screenings, vaccinations, lifestyle interventions, and health risk assessments in maintaining long-term wellness. category: health-medicine subcategory: public-health difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/public-health-preventive-care --- # Preventive Care This field focuses on proactive healthcare measures taken to prevent illnesses and detect diseases early. Learners will understand the importance of routine screenings, vaccinations, lifestyle interventions, and health risk assessments in maintaining long-term wellness. ## Available Resources 1 Books • 2 Courses • 7 Websites ## Websites ### 1. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Top recommended site for evidence-based preventive service recommendations; frequently upvoted in r/publichealth and r/medicine. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/ **Tags:** preventive-medicine, screening-guidelines, evidence-based-medicine, public-health, clinical-recommendations ### 2. WHO Noncommunicable Diseases World Health Organization hub on noncommunicable diseases, with fact sheets, data, and global action plans covering cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes. Readers gain a population-level view of chronic disease risk factors, burden, and prevention and control strategies. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.who.int/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases **Tags:** noncommunicable-diseases, chronic-disease, global-health, public-health, disease-prevention ### 3. Peter Attia MD Physician Peter Attia's site hosting The Drive podcast and articles on longevity medicine: cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk, cancer screening, exercise, sleep and nutrition. Readers can follow how biomarkers and trial evidence inform prevention decisions, though much in-depth content sits behind a paid membership. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://peterattiamd.com/ **Tags:** longevity, preventive-medicine, cardiometabolic-health, exercise-physiology, podcast ### 4. US Preventive Services Task Force — All Published Recommendations **Author:** U.S. Preventive Services Task Force The complete set of published USPSTF recommendations on screening, behavioural counselling and preventive medication, each graded A through D or I. Readers can trace the evidence basis behind clinical prevention decisions and see why some screenings are actively discouraged. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/topic_search_results?topic_status=P **Tags:** clinical-preventive-services, screening, evidence-based-medicine, preventive-medicine ### 5. cdc.gov The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is the U.S. federal public health agency. It provides evidence-based information on disease prevention, vaccines, travel health, and preventive-care guidelines, plus data and resources for public health and outbreak updates. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://cdc.gov **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness ### 6. NutritionFacts.org **Author:** Michael Greger Nonprofit site founded by physician Michael Greger that summarises peer-reviewed nutrition studies in short videos, articles and podcasts, searchable by food and disease. It argues consistently for plant-based eating, so readers can follow the research behind that position and check its sources. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://nutritionfacts.org **Tags:** plant-based-diet, nutrition-research, chronic-disease-prevention, evidence-summaries ### 7. mayoclinic.org Official Mayo Clinic site providing evidence-based medical information, patient care resources, and tools for health and wellness. It features preventive-care guidance, symptom checkers, explanations of conditions and treatments, healthy living tips, and access to clinical services. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://mayoclinic.org **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness ## Podcasts ### 1. Feel Better, Live More **Author:** Rangan Chatterjee Long-form interview podcast hosted by a British general practitioner, with doctors, researchers and authors discussing sleep, nutrition, movement, stress and relationships. Listeners gain practical lifestyle habits for preventing chronic illness and improving everyday physical and mental health. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://drchatterjee.com/ **Tags:** lifestyle-medicine, sleep, nutrition, stress-management, preventive-health ## Books ### 1. Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less **Author:** James Hamblin Physician and journalist James Hamblin examines skin hygiene through microbiology and history, explaining the skin microbiome, how soaps and cleansing products affect it, and why much routine washing and skincare may be unnecessary for health. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1847925553?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** skin-microbiome, personal-hygiene, skin-care, microbiology, preventive-health ## Courses ### 1. Preventive Healthcare Five-module University of Colorado course on routine preventive care for newborns: jaundice and kernicterus prevention, hearing screening, blood-spot metabolic screening, pulse-oximetry checks for critical congenital heart disease, and vitamin K, hepatitis B and erythromycin at birth, including why each is done. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/preventive-healthcare-newborn-baby **Tags:** courses, health-medicine, health-and-wellness ### 2. The Science of Well-Being **Author:** Laurie Santos Yale course taught by Laurie Santos on the psychology of happiness, covering common misconceptions about what makes people happy, cognitive biases behind them, and evidence-based practices such as gratitude, savoring and exercise. Learners complete weekly rewirement exercises and build one sustained wellness habit. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being **Tags:** positive-psychology, happiness, well-being, habit-formation, behavior-change --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/public-health-preventive-care